Chapter 73: Peacocking
Her cheek stung, and Xie Qiang’s eyes widened. Her hand instinctively went to grab the man’s hair.
However, just as she reached out, Sen Ji released his bite. He licked his teeth and looked down at her cheek with a touch of arrogance, his eyes filled with satisfaction at his masterpiece.
He then dragged Xie Qiang to the mirror in the room, pressing his hands on her shoulders to show her the perfect tooth mark he had made.
Seeing the deep ring of tooth marks on her face in the mirror, Xie Qiang’s world went dark.
While digging out her high-efficiency healing ointment, she protested dissatisfiedly, “Sen Ji, you can’t just bite me like this!”
Thankfully, these were just ordinary tooth marks. If it were a permanent mark, it would be etched into her face forever and could never be removed!
The man let out a light tsk, looking at her with some dissatisfaction, but he didn’t stop her from applying the medicine.
While she was focused on the task, his gaze shifted slightly. His fingers curiously twirled a strand of the girl’s milky-white hair. Soon, he wasn’t satisfied with just twirling a small lock; he reached out to play with her fluffy and soft long hair, eventually sinking his entire hand in to cup her head.
As if finding a fun new toy, he curled his lips. His long fingers scratched the back of her head, and then he bent his index finger to tap against her skull.
Xie Qiang was a bit speechless. She met the man’s eyes in the mirror, twitched the corner of her mouth slightly, and went back to applying medicine to her shoulders.
The ignored man frowned. He withdrew his hand and stared at the girl who remained uninterested in him from start to finish. Refusing to give up, he moved behind her and rested his chin on top of Xie Qiang’s head.
The man’s weight pressed down, accompanied by his cold and powerful aura. Those emerald eyes of the Tiger King, capable of looking down on all things, stared at her through the mirror with a stubborn possessiveness.
His lips parted slightly, his voice deep and wild. “I am an SSS-class Sentinel.”
Powerful, extremely protective, and capable of crushing all S-class Sentinels in the Empire.
Xie Qiang’s hand paused as she looked at the man in the mirror. Her gaze was a bit bewildered. “I know.”
She knows?
The man’s brow twitched imperceptibly. Seeing her remain completely unmoved, he shifted his gaze down and thought for a moment before speaking again. “I am also the eldest young master of the White Tiger family.”
After a pause, he added proudly, “One of the three major families of the Capital, the White Tiger family.”
Vast wealth, prominent power, enough to provide a Guide with a life of luxury and allow them to run rampant in the Empire.
“Oh.” Xie Qiang had no idea what he was doing. Seeing him start a self-introduction, she cooperated. “I am an S-class Guide, the Second Imperial Princess of the Star Sea Empire.”
What—!
The man’s originally proud and confident expression instantly froze on his face. He stared at Xie Qiang in disbelief, his chin involuntarily lifting from her head.
He clenched his hands tightly together, the veins on the back of his hands almost popping. Sen Ji paced back and forth behind Xie Qiang with an anxious aura.
Dammit!
He had thought she was just an A-class Guide from an ordinary family. Once she knew his strength and background, she would immediately abandon that dark and boring S-class Sentinel.
But she was actually a Princess of noble status, and even a rare S-class Guide?
The man couldn’t help but cast a slightly resentful look at Xie Qiang.
Xie Qiang: Hmm?
He’s acting so weird.
“That Sentinel… how old is he?” The man racked his brain and finally found a point he could attack.
He had just turned eighteen, and that S-class Sentinel… surely he had to be at least two hundred years old!
“Who are you talking about?” Xie Qiang looked at him in confusion.
“That one. The one who smells like a wolf, looks numb, has a dusty face, and clearly looks poor.” The man muttered an addition, “Robbing the cradle… no shame at all.”
Xie Qiang: “…Mo Yin is only twenty-four.”
The man was shaken, looking up in disbelief. “That young?”
Dammit, he couldn’t even beat the guy in age!
“Then how old are you?” Sen Ji glanced at Xie Qiang and asked as if he didn’t care.
“…I’m about to turn twenty-one.” Xie Qiang sensed something was wrong. “Do you have amnesia? You actually don’t know my age?”
“How could that be?” Sen Ji denied it immediately.
He definitely couldn’t admit to his lack of attention toward his fiancée. Otherwise, what if she liked that damn wolf Sentinel even more?
Wait, so he and she were in a “sister-brother” relationship?
He couldn’t tell at all.
The man lifted his chin happily, looking toward the ceiling in the distance. The corners of his mouth curled up slightly. “Cough, forget it. Are you hungry?”
Xie Qiang touched her stomach. After all that tossing and turning, she was indeed a bit hungry.
“I’ll take you to eat.” Sen Ji walked toward the door. Seeing Xie Qiang following him, his tiger eyes shifted.
Suddenly, the man’s body swayed. He clutched his forehead, looking extremely weak. “I feel a bit dizzy. I think I’m about to go into a frenzy.”
“What?!” Xie Qiang was shocked. She hurried forward to grab his hand, checking his condition with concern. “Does this feel better?”
Please don’t let him frenzy! Otherwise, the whole base will be doomed again!
Tsk, she’s moved by his family background and strength. She’s starting to care about him.
The man gripped Xie Qiang’s fingers with satisfaction. “Mm, much better. Don’t ever leave me. Otherwise, an SSS-class Sentinel’s frenzy would be a catastrophic disaster.”
He would crush her lover-Sentinels into pulp one by one ∩_∩.
…
In the canteen.
At a corner table, the blonde man’s gaze was glued to Xie Qiang’s face as if it were attracted by a magnet.
The Sentinels who came to eat saw the two of them holding hands and began to whisper in gossip.
“It looks like Commander Sen Ji’s frenzy level has dropped. Thank goodness for the Imperial Princess, or we’d all be finished.”
Hmm?
Sen Ji’s ears twitched.
So I’m a Commander? So young and promising?
Note that down. I’ll ask later what rank that dusty Sentinel is.
He continued to eavesdrop on the Sentinels’ conversation.
“But why are they holding hands even while eating? Could it be that they’ve already gotten together without us knowing?”
Sen Ji nodded in agreement.
“Impossible! The Princess has always been cold and detached. Have you ever seen her like a Sentinel? It must be one-sided obsession from Commander Sen Ji!”
Tsk.
Sen Ji’s mouth twitched in displeasure. He then yanked on the girl’s arm. “Switch places. You sit here.”
Xie Qiang, who was chewing on a milky dried fish snack, looked at him in confusion. Seeing the man’s stubborn gaze, she indulged him and stood up to switch seats.
As soon as she sat down, gasps rang through the canteen.
“Sss—what is that on the Princess’s face!”
“Is that a permanent mark?! Who bit her? It couldn’t be Commander Sen Ji, could it?!”
“I never thought Commander Sen Ji, who usually looks so abstinent, could be so crazy and perverted in private! To bite a permanent mark onto her face… won’t the Princess have to inherit the Empire with a tooth mark for the rest of her life!”
“The Princess didn’t even get mad. Could she really have fallen for Commander Sen Ji? Is she in love?!”
Sen Ji propped his face up with one hand and nodded in satisfaction.
That’s right, that’s exactly it.
Spread it around. Let that dusty Sentinel hear it and back off. Then he can swoop in and comfort his heartbroken fiancée…
He’s a genius.
Translator’s Note: Sen Ji is “Peacocking”! It’s a term for when a guy shows off to attract a mate. He’s so proud of his “mark” on her face, but it’s just a regular bite. The Sentinels’ gossip is pure gold!
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